Guardsmen, police have busy night
Photo by Steve Haynes
Fire in the Military Science building
Two firemen and a policeman cover a fire reported at 12:57 a.m. today in the Military Science building. Minor damage was reported and the fire was extinguished nearly 10 minutes later. Smoke filled the hall above the basement area where the fire supposedly started.
The second night of Lawrence's curfew was marked with two fires on campus several bomb threats and many reports of other disturbances.
At 1 a.m. today, a fire occurred in the Military Science building at the University of Kansas. Three pumper trucks and a snorkel truck from the Lawrence Fire Department were dispatched to the scene along with police and National Guard troops.
The fire, which was quickly brought under control, was confined to the rifle range.
At the time the fire was reported, two buildings and grounds personnel reported seeing two suspects running away from the building.
There were no arrests,however,and damage to the building was reported as being light.
A trash fire in back of Strong Hall was reported only minutes after the Military Science building fire was extinguished. It was put out quickly with a fire extinguisher and no fire trucks were dispatched to the area.
During the night there were bomb threats at Naismith, Corbin and Pearson Halls. Some of the residents at these halls were evacuated but no evidence of bombs was found.
A fire was reported Wednesday night at 8 p.m. in a 6th floor lounge at Naismith Hall. Judy Levitt, resident director at Naismith said one of the lounge chairs was slashed and a book of matches was stuffed inside and lit by an unknown person.
Only minor damage was incurred as the fire was quickly put out.
Tension was high even before the 8 p.m. curfew began. A group of nearly 40 persons gathered near the Rock Chalk Cafe shortly before 8 p.m. More than 15 people were arrested there for curfew violations immediately after 8 p.m.
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80th Year, No.120
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas Thursday, April 23, 1970
BULLETIN
For the third consecutive night, Governor Robert B. Docking has placed a curfew on Lawrence from 10 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday. The curfew will restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages, the number of persons on the streets and will prohibit any flammable liquid in any container, and the carrying of any firearms or explosives.
Curfew violators pay $250 in bond
By TED ILIFF Kansan Campus Editor
Many persons arrested for curfew violations Wednesday night said they had difficulty obtaining the required $250 bond.
According to several arrested students, the Lawrence Police Department would not allow bond to be posted without the presence of the only bondsman in town, Fred Doane.
The police said early in the evening that Doane was out of town, and that some of the persons were being released as their bond arrived by taxis. Nearly 30 minutes later, the police said the bondsman was
at the station making bail for many curfew violators, and added the department was releasing persons on bond because the jail was not large enough to hold the nearly 35 persons arrested.
At 5 a.m. today, the police department admitted they had not allowed release on bail after 2 a.m., adding that "about half" the persons arrested were being detained overnight.
When asked when the others would be allowed to go on bail, police officers said "probably sometime today," however, if another curfew is declared for tonight, police said those persons still in jail after the curfew went into effect would not be released.
Photo by Jim Hoffman
A student being arrested for curfew violation
Nearly 35 University of Kansas students were arrested Wednesday night for curfew violations. About half the students were released on bail, according to the Lawrence police department. The arrests occurred about 8 p.m. in the area between 12th and 13th streets on Oread ave.
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Court affirms work refusal
NEW ORLEANS—The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has laid down a precedent for six southern states that non-union employees cannot be fired for refusing to cross picket lines of a striking union.
The 5th Circuit said it was ruling the first time on the matter Wednesday when it ordered Mrs. Virginia Anderson reinstated to her job with full back pay at the Southern Greyhound Lines terminal at Miami, Fla.
Postal plan opposed
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Winton M. Blount takes the administration's postal reform plan before the Senate Post office Committee today. The chairman, Sen. Gale W. McGee, D-Wyo., appears poised to shoot it down.
McGee has vowed to impose his own postal reform plan. It would give the postmaster general firm control, remove him from the President's Cabinet and give him a seven to nine year term.
Under Nixon's plan, a nine-man commission would run the post office and set postal rates, subject to congressional veto.
Hanoi refuses serious talks
PARIS—The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese rejected President Nixon's call for serious negotiations at the peace talks today and called for insurgents in Laos and Cambodia to join them in a common front against the United States.
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